Chapter 6:A Sweet Sixteen and the Pop Question? or Heart Breaking Question?
1 Month later: (NOTE: hey I screwed up...her birthday wasn't suppose to be her sixteenth cuz of two years and that would make it her 17th so I'm going to make it one year exactly when she fell into the well)
It was finally Kagome's birthday and the day Sukii was going to ask her to marry him. Just a month ago, Kagome was all upset about Inuyasha but now it was a mere memory. During the past weeks, Sukii had made her the happiest girl in Tokyo by taking her to romantic restaurants and doing dating stuff. Inuyasha hadn't come back to get her again and it seemed that he had given up on her and so she was happy with that. Kagome woke up with a big smile on her face and she quickly got something on. She stood in front of the mirror in her room, brushing her long raven hair, trying to decide if she should put it up or let it stay down. It came to the point when she just put it. She put her hair in a pony tail and put on a pair of earrings that Sukii bought her the other night. They were real diamonds shaped as the north star. They twinkled bright in the sun light and it was almost blinding. She wore a tinkle me pink tank top with a white minnie skirt and white strapped high heals. She took a glace in the mirror and giggled; she never dressed like this before because she always felt uncomfortable but for some reason today she didn't care. It was either that it's because she was another year older or it was to impress her future husband, Sukii. She laughed again at her appearance and then went down stairs to be greeted by her family.
"HAPPY SWEET SIXTEEN" They all shouted as they came out of hiding.
"Awe thanks" Kagome blushed.
"Here are beautiful roses for a beautiful lady" Sukii handed Kagome red roses.
"Thank you Sukii" Kagome gave him a kiss on the cheek as she took the roses in her custody.
"How do you feel being sixteen sis?" Sota asked.
"Not very different but there is a warm feeling though" Kagome answered.
"Two more years till your eighteen and I get to kick you out of the house" Mrs. Higurashi made a little joke.
"Oh thanks mom I really am looking forward for that day now" Kagome laughed. "Well I can't wait for my birthday party at 1:00 P.M. today" she implied and sat down on the couch.
"Oh yes the party. Isn't that going to be fun" Sota said sarcastically.
"Hey you might benefit by looking at a lovely girl" Gramps winked at his grandson.
"A lovely girl? They are all ugly like Kagome" Sota said and ran before he got smacked.
"I swear one of these days I am going to kick his butt" Kagome tightened her fist.
"Well until that day you can not worry about him and concentrate on your big day today. Sweet Sixteen's always need sweet things and nothing sour" Sukii insisted and sat next to Kagome on the couch.
One o'clock finally came, the party was being held in the back yard, and people started to show up. Relatives, friends from school, and some her classmates came. Cousins that she never knew she had showed up and she just quickly talked to them and then was moved to another group of relatives by Tsuyashi. Basically Tsuyashi's goal right that moment was to introduce Kagome to everyone there. Sukii tried to have at least a minute or two alone with her but she was always pulled away by her grandmother.
"Hey who is that dude? I don't think he was in our school" Yuki whispered to Eri and Ayumi.
"Maybe he's a relative" Eri whispered back.
"Naw...he's more like a friend to me or maybe that's mister attitude boyfriend" Ayumi suspected.
"Hey girls...have you seen Kagome?" Hojo asked as he walked over.
"Hey Hojo" all three girls greeted.
"Ummm the last time I saw her was..."Yuki began but was interrupted.
"She's over there by the snack table" Eri pointed out.
"Thanks" with that Hojo began to jog over to her when some one got Kagome's attention and then he stopped jogging.
The boy (Sukii) took Kagome by the arm and pulled her behind the table so that no one could see them. Hojo raised one eye brow in suspicion and continued to walk over to the snack table to eavesdrop. More people arrived and then the music was turned on.
"What's the matter Sukii?" Kagome asked.
"I thought maybe you needed a break from being introduced to strangers. Plus I saw that look you made when your grandmother pulled you away" Sukii explained.
"Yeah but..."Kagome began.
"Want to dance?" Sukii asked out of the blue.
"Sure" Kagome agreed and they came out of hiding and began to dance to the music with everyone else.
Hojo went back to the girls and told them his name was Sukii and then the girls were stunned. They thought that it was Kagome's jealous boyfriend and that Kagome had actually moved on. Hojo, Eri, Yuki, and Ayumi watched the two dance close. The girls were proud of her but Hojo was another disappointed guy. He was going to ask her to dance and to see if she would go out with him again. During the school year, the girls got themselves boyfriends and they shortly joined them and asked them to dance. They accepted and Hojo was left alone again. A slow dancing song came on and it made Hojo even more upset so he sat down on nearby chair next to some other loners. Sukii stopped and led Kagome away from everyone else so that they could dance alone. They were dancing to near the Bone Eaters Well shrine but they were still in view and could still hear the music, which is a good thing. Kagome put laid her head on his chest and closed her eyes, as she danced slowly with him. She hand her hands on his shoulders and Sukii wrapped his arms around her waist.
Back in Feudal Japan:
"Where did Inuyasha go now?" Sango asked agitated.
"He went to the sacred tree again. Today is the day when Kagome reawakened him from Kikyo's arrow" Miroku explained.
"It's been a month now and how come Inuyasha hasn't gotten Kagome back?" Shippou asked all upset.
"He probably figures she needs to be alone for a long period of time before she can be able to come back" Miroku concluded.
"Yeah right! They might have gotten into another fight when he was last there and now she's not coming back ever" Sango said her interpretation of this situation.
At the sacred tree
Inuyasha stared at the spot again. It was exactly a year ago when he was freed from death. Kagome had broken through Kikyo's seal and he was free to do whatever he pleased. That's what he thought but he was subdued to prayer beads that he had grown into and there was nothing stopping Kagome from saying sit. Out of no where, Kikyo's soul collectors swirled around the tree, alerting Inuyasha to look back to find Kikyo standing there. She wasn't looking directly at him but at the spot where she pinned him and then she looked back at him. He jumped down off the branch and in front of Kikyo. She stared at him with a mysterious look and he looked down.
"Where is Kagome, Inuyasha" Kikyo asked.
"What? How do you know she's not here?" Inuyasha asked cautiously.
"Because I can see it in your eyes and I've been watching you lately. Now tell me why she isn't here? Is it because of me?" Kikyo walked past the hanyou and sat stood in front of the sacred tree with her back to it.
"No...yes" Inuyasha muttered.
"I see" Kikyo implied.
"I hurt her by seeing you after I promised her something and she's gone back to her own world" Inuyasha sat down on the ground.
"Do you love her?" Kikyo asked as her voice raised.
"...yes..." Inuyasha admitted to her.
"Then why are you still here? Go after her or you are going to loose her forever like you lost me" Kikyo lastly said and then disappeared into the woods.
"Kikyo..." Inuyasha smiled and then he ran to the well and entered inside of it.
Skipping to the Present:
Inuyasha arrived in the present and he leaped right out of the well. He suddenly heard music and then heard Kagome's voice and others. He opened the door to a crack and looked around. He saw balloons, people, decorations, and then he saw Kagome dancing with the same guy he saw carrying her a month ago. She looked so peaceful and beautiful to the hanyou, and it gave him the familiar feeling that he use to feel when Kagome slept in his arms, or when she was being the caring person that she is. His smile had turned into a frown and then he listened for more to see what the deal with this guy and his Kagome.
"Kagome are you having a sweet sixteen?" Sukii asked.
"Yeah...I am and I don't want it to end" Kagome replied as she smiled brightly.
"Ready for your surprise then? Because I just can't wait to give it to you" Sukii said.
"Sure" Kagome said and then they stopped dancing.
Sukii got on one knee and took Kagome's hand. Kagome knew what was going to happen but Inuyasha didn't know what he was doing. Inuyasha was puzzled and this gave him more curiosity to learn more.
"Kagome Higurashi" He began and then got out a small box.
"Yes" Kagome answered as she blushed.
"Will you be my wife?" The question finally was said to her.
Inuyasha's heart almost stopped as he froze stunned.
"What the hell?" Inuyasha thought inside his head "Kagome won't accept. She's not that easy to win over" Inuyasha kept repeating in his mind.
"Yes" Kagome said, Sukii rose to eye level, and then they kissed...not on the cheek but on the lips.
"No no no no no NOOOOOOOO!" Inuyasha thought and then he fled down the well.
To be continued...